With forks stretching toward the Oklahoma border, and portions snaking into Dallas, Fort Worth, and south to the gulf, the Trinity River flows an expansive 710 miles across the Lone Star State. As the river reaches North Texas, its Elm Fork travels toward the campus of Cistercian Preparatory School. There, high school students — at times laden with glass jars and nets, clipboards and aquatic robots — have been conducting hands-on research as part of the Irving school’s newfound educational partnership with the Trinity Park Conservancy.
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Miracle Melodies is a group of Cistercian seniors that leads praise and worship each Monday for students at the Notre Dame School of Dallas, a school serving students with developmental disabilities.
When missionaries on the Diocesan Youth Mission Trip arrived in Costa Rica on June 5, they began their trip wide-eyed and unsure. Many of the high school students had never left the United States; some had never engaged in hard labor or gone without certain creature comforts. Stepping into an unfamiliar country with simple amenities and a slower pace of life, many of these high schoolers found themselves homesick, uncomfortable, and uncertain at the beginning of their trip.
“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” These famous words open 18th century composer Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation,” a musical depiction of the Genesis tale considered one of the composer’s masterpieces. The piece—which calls into mind the wonder of existence, the joy of creation, the glory of God, all through instrumentation and singing—will be performed by the Lafayette Musicians, accompanied by Cistercian Preparatory School students, on April 14 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Dallas.
“It’s no surprise that in poetry, even in Scripture in some instances, the writing of theologians and saints, the bee…
Father Raphael Schaner, monk and teacher at Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, discusses the arrival of more than 150,000 bees onto the Cistercian campus and his own journey as beekeeper of these hives.
Cistercian Preparatory School junior Josh Hays has been named the 27th annual recipient of The Catholic Foundation’s Hal Tehan Scholar Award.
The deafening, but joy-filled rhythmic chant of “Yes, Lord! Yes, Lord!” echoed through the sanctuary of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church as Notre Dame School of Dallas students sang and danced to praise-and-worship music Feb. 13. It’s a scene repeated most Mondays thanks to the efforts of the Miracle Melodies, a group of students from Cistercian Preparatory School who came together to use their musical talents as a ministry to help others.
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